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Maybe now we know why Silicon Valley was so against Donald Trump in the campaign. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his fortune drop considerably since Nov. 8.

Since November 8th, the date of the election, Zuckerberg’s worth has declined by as much as $3.7 billion, this figure is based on Facebook’s 7% decline in share price from November 8th until Friday the 2nd of December. This £3.7 billion loss hasn’t affected Zuckerberg’s financial standing massively, he is still currently ranked as the fifth richest person in the world according to Forbes real time rankings and still possesses approximately $49 billion.

Zukerberg has recently come under fire for promoting a narrative that claimed that “fake news” affected the presidential election. Both Google and Facebook took steps on November 14th to ban “fake news” content publishers from generating a cut of advertising revenues through Google AdSense and Facebook Audience Network, a move that “disproportionately impacted right-wing news sites.” Whether or not Zuckerburg’s financial loss is tied to this is unknown.

Instead of hassling conservative media, maybe Zuck should get on the right side of the people and be more skeptical of the real “fake news” –the establishment liberal media.

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